Robert b



(MadeL) R. B. MoOONNELL.

OIL 0R LIQUID CAN. I No. 270,685. Patented Jan. 16,1883.

' 5/ W 2| g a UNITED STATES PATENT -OFFICE.

ROBERT B. h/IGCONNELL, OF PADUOAH, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO LORENZO V. EMERY, OF SAME PLACE.

on. OR LIQUID CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,685, dated January 16, 1883,

I Application filed December 8, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom. it may concern Be it known thatI, ROBERT B. MoOoNNELL,

. a citizen of the United States, residing at Paducah, in the county of McOracken and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil or Liquid Cans; and

I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invegtion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to producea cheap, safe, and at the same time a durable oil or liquid can that is so constructed as that it may be filled in the ordinary way through a funnel, be air or oil tight when desired, and capable of allowing its contents to be poured out through a spout, or to close the exit-openin g; and it consists in the construction of the will be fully hereinafter described.

. In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of my improvement as attachethto the top part of a liquid-can. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of the same with some of the parts changed in their positions. Fig. 3 represents the same with the movable parts in another position; and Figs. 4 and 5 represent details of parts seen' in other figures,-but detached therefrom. p

A represents the upper part of an ordinary oil-can, that has a conical-shaped top.

B represents the nozzle or neck of the can in which my improvement is contained and operated.

b is an outwardly-projecting flange at the base of the nozzle B, to go over, fit upon, and be secured by any proper means to the top of the tapering part of the can A, as seen in Fig. 2.

b is a head at the top and open end of the nozzle, to strengthen and stifi'en the nozzle.

b is a crooked slot in the side of the nozzle, starting at the top edge thereof, inclining to one side and downward a certain distance, then horizontally a short distance, then inclined to one side and downward for a little way, then from that point perpendicular'down to its terminus. Other forms ofthe slot'or direction it may run can be used to obtain the same result; but I prefer the form shown.

C is a valve or plug of such diameter as will 5 fit closely in the inside of nozzle B, and yet freely slide therein, and it can be made of metal, wood, cork, or other material to make an oil-tight joint between it and the inside wall of the nozzle. 5

D is a guide to the valve or plug, is in-the form of an open cylinder, situated above or over the plug, and slides in nozzle B with the plug or valve.

E is a bent lever, of wire or other suitable 6 substance, for reciprocating the plug or valve 0, and is permanently fixed thereto at c, or at the center, then preferably rising perpendicularl y to the ri ght-an gled bend ate, or by other inclination, thence horizontally through the side of the open guide D, and to which it is firmly fixed, so that the valve will be in axial line with the guide in its reciprocations projecting a distance outside'of guide D.

F is an opening in the wall of nozzle B to permit the pouring out of the contents of the can.

G is a common pouring-spout, made to fit upon the nozzle 13 and over the opening F, to

give direction to the outfiowing oil or liquid that is contained in the can, and is secured to the nozzle by any means.

When a reciprocating valve orplug and its guide, with the bent lever, constructed as above described, is placed in the nozzle of the can with 8 5 the projecting part of the operating-lever resting in the crooked slot of the nozzle, the parts will be situated relatively to each other as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, or the valve or plug 0 will be above the exit-opening F, and the contents of the can may be poured out through the spout G, and all other openings will be closed except the exit-opening. Then by forcing the lever E down to rest upon the horizontal part b of slot 1)" the plug 0 will be below 5 the pouring or exit opening F, and will while in that position completely out off all the outflow of gas, vapor, or odor from the liquid in the can.

For filling the'can when required, the lever E is forced down to the lowest or terminal part of slot 1), as .seen in Fig. 2, when the guide D will cover the exit or pouring openin g F, and a funnel-spout is then to be placed in the top of nozzle B, extending down into the guide-cylinder D, and the can is then free- 2. In an oil or liquid can, the reciprocating plug or valve 0, attached to guide D by the operating-lever E, substantially as described.

3. In an oil or liquid can, the combination 20 of the open nozzle B, having slot 1), exit-opening F, and spout G, with the reciprocating plug or valve 0, having guide D, and lever E, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 25 presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT E. MOUONNELL.

Witnesses:

JAMES P. MoCoNNELL, GEO. W. WILOOX. 

